Author: Brad Guigar

Upcoming appearance I have a one last appearance before the end of the year. It’s here in Philly this weekend. I’ll be at PhilCon 2006, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This event is hosted by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and
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Sponsor button If you’re looking for some effective, affordable Web advertising, you really owe it to yourself to check out my Sponsor Buttons. It’s a flat rate of $20 for one month. The button goes on the main page as
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Evil Inc Annual Report Volume Two Last week, I threw the doors open to the masses who have been hungering for the second installment of Evil Inc Annual Report. If you’re not a hungering mass, here’s the deal: Annual Report
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Evil Inc Annual Report Volume Two It’s finally ready! The Evil Inc Annual Report, Volume Two is available for purchase through Lulu.com! The book does not have an ISBN or a bar code yet, so if you purchase the book
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Viper Acquires Ugly Hill Great news for fellow-BLCer Paul Southworth. Viper Comics has added Paul’s Ugly Hill to their roster of webcomics. Before you ask, this does not mean that Paul is leaving Blank Label. It will mean increased exposure
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Midtern Report: DC’s 52 The popular thing to do right now is to evaluate DC’s yearlong “52” project at its halfway point. Personally, I’m giving it a solid B. It’s engaging enough to keep me coming back week after week,
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Daily News Archive Election Special In honor of Election Day, here’s a cartoon from the archive of the Philadelphia Daily News. It was an “Election Survival Guide” for the 2004 election. It was Bush vs Kerry, and long lines were
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Dave Kellett Needs Help BLC’s Dave Kellett needs your help. He’s moving his daily strip, Sheldon, to http://www.sheldoncomics.com tomorrow. He’s leaving United Media to go completely independent… which means he needs help spreading the word to as many people as
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Greystone Inn archives In early November, 2002, Keagan was still wooing Lightning Lady. Look for Philly tavern “London Grill” in one of the strips.

Archive: Simon’s Sausage Hee’s one from the archives that I stumbled over yesterday. It’s a cartoon that I did for the Philadelphia Daily News in 2003. The story was this: A baseball player, playfully batting at a mascot doing a
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2007 Convention Schedule Wizard Convention has just announced its convention schedule for the next two years. Looking at the calendar, there’s some really good news ahead — especially for everyone who has been trying to get me to come back
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Halloween Surprise In case you missed it, someone pulled one of the all-time greatest Halloween pranks ever. [ASSOCIATED PRESS] BOONE, Colo. – Nobody knows who, but someone with a lot of Halloween spirit decorated this small southern Colorado town with
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Spider-Woman’s Identity Unwebbed in Ultimate Spider-Man #102 [THE PULSE] The biggest threat to Peter Parker’s life and those he loves just gets worse in Ultimate Spider-Man #102. With Aunt May reeling from a heart attack and Gwen Stacy tearing through
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“URALOSER” mug Another offering from my CafePress store that you may be interested in is the URALOSER coffee mug. This features another perennial favorite comic strip, the URALOSER comic from Greystone Inn. If you have a comics geek on your
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Buckeye Book Fair: Sat., Nov. 4 I’ll be appearing at the Buckeye Book Fair in Wooster, Ohio, on Sat., Nov. 4. This appearance is to promote The Everything Cartooning Book. There will be no Evil Inc books or convention sketches.
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Gail Simone and Secret Six I think Gail Simone is quickly becoming one of the best writers in comics. OK. Maybe I’m biased. Her Secret Six series is a concept that I have a special affinity for — a cobbled-together
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“Photoshop it!” mug I just realized that I have a CafePress store that I haven’t thought of since I discontinued Greystone Inn! I’m not overly worried about pimping the site because I really don’t make much money through selling stuff
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Ailing ‘Dilbert’ cartoonist talks again [AP] DUBLIN, Calif. – A balding, bespectacled working stiff inexplicably loses his voice — except when speaking in rhyme or pinching his nose. It may sound like a farcical plot for a popular cartoon satirizing
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Buckeye Book Fair: Sat., Nov. 4 I’ll be appearing at the Buckeye Book Fair in Wooster, Ohio, on Sat., Nov. 4. This appearance is to promote The Everything Cartooning Book. There will be no Evil Inc books or convention sketches.
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VILF shirt contest: Deadline Nov. 1 Word to the wise: If you want to win over $100 in Evil Swag, you may want to enter this contest. The list of contestants is very short. Very. 🙂 Send me a photo
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Site Features According to my site stats, I’ve crossed another traffic milestone. That means new readers and new readers mean people who might not know about everything they can do here. Blog: Register with Blogger, and participate in the discussion!
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‘Peanuts’ Creator Is Third in Annual List of Top-Earning Dead Celebs Charles Schulz made more money last year than I’ve made my entire life. And he’s dead. [Editor & Publisher] “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz is once again in the
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VILF shirt contest: Deadline Nov. 1 One more reminder about the VILF shirt contest. Send me a photo of you or someone else wearing the VILF shirt. Make it as funny or sexy or exciting as you possibly can. I’ll
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Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D Just a note for anyone who missed it, Disney is re-releasing one of my all-time favorites, The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D! It opens tomorrow!

From the Greystone Archive: The Super-Villain 12-Step Program This was one of my favorite storylines. It’s also a great look at what makes Lightning Lady so special. She’s truly evil about a lot of things — except her relationship with
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Plastic Man pilot I originally blogged about a Plastic Man pilot for Cartoon Network back in August. If you remember, I was pointing you to the blog of one of the storyboard artists who had posted some of his work
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I’m a Philebrity! My bi-weekly comic about life in Philadelphia, Phables, got a very kind mention at Philebrity, a Philly media / gossip / nightlife / culture / politics blog. Quoeth the scribe, it is a sweet and very cool
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Count Floyd I have say, finding that Commander USA clip yesterday really put me in the TV Horror Host mood. You’ll have to indulge me another one of my favorites: Count Floyd from SCTV.

The New Schlock Storefront Big news from Howard Tayler’s blog: If you live anywhere in North America, pre-orders for Schlock Mercenary: The Blackness Between will open on Tuesday morning. We’re throwing the switch at 8 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time, which
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Holy Cats! It’s Commander USA! As I’ve posted before, I was a faithful fan of Commander USA’s Groovy Movies in the 1980s. He is one of my all-time favorite TV Horror hosts — a subject that is close to my
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Andromeda Spaceways In-flight Magazine Please welcome the newest Sponsor of Evil, Andromeda Spaceways In-flight Magazine. Each issue of this popular science fiction & fantasy magazine contains over 40,000 words of fiction, articles, interviews, reviews and editorial. Published every 2 months,
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CBR Top 50s Comic Book Resources has announced two Top-Fity-Of-All-Time lists: One for writers and one for artists. Each lists includes a short bio of the person who made the list, a headshot, and an example of his or her
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Herblock Retrospective [Editor & Publisher] The Library of Congress is holding a Webcast tomorrow relating to editorial-cartooning legend Herblock, according to the ComicsDC blog. Sara Duke, the LOC’s curator of popular and applied graphic art, will speak during the online
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Doctor Strange: The Oath I blogged about this when CBR posted a preview, and I finally have it in my hands. I can readily say Dr. Strange : The Oath does not disappoint. The series opens with Dr. Strange being
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Worst Album Covers Ever This is one of those things that makes the Inbox rounds, but I have to admit, it’s one of the few examples of e-mail humor that cracked me up. They’re supposedly real album covers, and they’re
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Wizard magazine interviews Dave Kellett Wizard Magazine has posted an interview with fellow Blank Label Comics member Daave Kellett, creator of the daily comic strip Sheldon. Kellett discusses leaving United Media, launching a second comic strip in January, and quitting
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The New Schlock Storefront Howard has set up a new storefront for Schlock books. Before they can open pre-orders for Schlock Mercenary: The Blackness Between they need to run several more transactions through it — not just to test the
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Watchmen movie update Zack Snyder has announced news of another step towards a Watchmen movie: [EMPIRE ONLINE] “We’re getting ready to turn a script that we like into this studio,” says Snyder. “They’re pretty excited about it…I think the script
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Dave Kellett… on stage BLC’s Dave Kellett was part of a awesome comedic play called “Skirts & Flirts.” If you missed that sold-out run, you’re in luck: He’ll be doing two more performances to raise money for an LA-based homeless
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Greystone Inn archives Well over a year after I ended Greystone Inn, I’ve finally redesigned the site to make it clear that the site is no longer live. It is now the archive of the strip, holding close to five
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This week in Greystone History October 4, 2004, found Lightning Lady in the arms of her mysterious lover, a fanboy with a secret. Longtime readers will remember that she met him at Comic Con International earlier that year.

Fantastic Four 2 [Hollywood Reporter] Beau Garrett and Andre Braugher have been cast in “Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer,” which Tim Story is directing for 20th Century Fox. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis
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2,000 strips Today marks the posting of my 2,000th comic strip on the Web, not counting my other projects like Courting Disaster and Phables. I’ve been posting a comic strip every Monday-through-Saturday since February 2000 with few interruptions. I’m living
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Paul Taylor Fund-Raiser The Blank Label Comics Fund-Raiser for Paul Taylor has officially ended. Including BLC auctions, direct donations to Taylor, and non-BLC-affiliated auctions, over $10,770 in funds for the Taylor family. In August, Paul’s first child was born prematurely
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Paul Taylor Fund-Raiser Last Chance This is the last chance to participate in the auction to benefit Paul Taylor, whose sone was born pre-maturely with serious health problems last month. many of the auctions end today and tomorrow If you’re
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Robert Downey Jr. to Play Iron Man [Hollywood Reporter] Robert Downey Jr. is suiting up to star in “Iron Man,” the first feature film to be produced independently by Marvel Entertainment. Jon Favreau is directing the movie, which will be
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Starslip Crisis Technical Manual Kristofer Straub has a new book out that really has me jealous that I didn’t think of it first. It’s the Starslip Crisis Technical manual and it’s a 38-page guide to the science behind the fiction
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Paul Taylor Fund-Raiser Update Here’s an update on the fund-raiser for Paul. Many of the auctions close today and tomorrow. Donating directly to Paul: If you’re not interested in an auction item but would still like to help, feel free
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Evil Inc is not delivering a virus This week, I have received a couple of e-mails telling me that some anti-virus software is flagging the Evil Inc site on every load. First off, thanks to those people who alerted me.
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Mad Monster Party — LIVE! According to Animation Magazine, Warner Brothers has optioned the rights to one of my favorite Rankin-Bass animated features, Mad Monster Party. Mad Monster Party was a Halloween-themed stop-motion animation from the masters who brought you
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McGruder Gone for Good [Washington Post] It’s over for “The Boondocks” comic strip, at least for now. After six years — a remarkably short run for a strip that found its way into 300-plus newspapers, Universal Press Syndicate told subscribers
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Neal Adams Interview The guys at Meanwhile podcast have done a fascinating three-hour interview with comics legend Neal Adams. Neal Adams talks in detail about his career from the 1960s to the present, creator’s rights, anatomy, comparative religion and physics.
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New York Comic Con 2007 New York Comic Con has announced its list of guests for 2007. Frank Cho is going to be there, as well as Jeff Smith and Rich Buckler. A complete list of exhibitors can be found
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Paul Taylor Fund-Raiser Update Here’s an update on the fund-raiser for Paul. At last count, the total for all of the BLC-affiliated auctions was very close to $3,000. Thanks to everybody who has been bidding! Some other friends* of Paul
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Everything Cartooning Book When I mentioned my appearance ot the Buckeye Book Fair in November, I heard from a number of readers who hadn’t heard of my how-to book, The Everything Cartooning Book. The Everything Cartooning Book is a 305-page,
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Mel Brooks’ ‘Spaceballs’ Gets Animated [YAHOO] Mel Brooks, whose comedy hits include “The Producers” and “Blazing Saddles,” is bringing his sci-fi spoof “Spaceballs” to television in cartoon form. “Spaceballs: The Animated Series” will air on the G4 television network beginning
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Will Aaron McGruder Resume His ‘Boondocks’ Comic Strip? Dave Astor at Editor & Publisher writes: Is “The Boondocks” coming back? And, if so, when? “The Boondocks” creator Aaron McGruder began a six-month leave of absence in late March. Reports at
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Upcoming appearances I have a couple more appearances before the end of the year, both of which take place in November. Buckeye Book Fair, Wooster, Ohio, Nov. 4. This appearance is to promote The Everything Cartooning Book. There will be
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O’ ‘Deer Please welcome the newest sponsor, O’ ‘Deer. Experience the crazy antics and mischievous adventures of a group of partying friends during their off season at the North Pole. Follow Don, Rudy, Cupid, and Basie as they tackle the
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Fund-raiser for Paul Taylor Blank Label Comics is announcing a fund-raiser for BLC member Paul Taylor. Paul’s first child was born a month prematurely on Aug. 16, and he has required an extended hospital stay. Paul and his wife have
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Makeshift Miracle Here’s a little news about one of my favorite webcomics ever — Makeshift Miracle by Jim Zubkavich. The Makeshift Miracle archives are now completely free. No subscription, no micropayments. At the same time, the Makeshift Miracle book is
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Keencast It looks as if the interview I taped with the affable Chris Daly and the avuncular John Troutman in San Diego during Comic Com International was been posted. PS: Am I the only one who is unable to download
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VILF shirt contest OK… so I’ve decided that I need a good image to advertise VILF shirts. Since the preorders are now shipping and shirts are being distributed at cons, etc., I’m announcing a contest. Send me a photo of
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Baltimore Comic Con Report My appearance at the Baltimore Comic Con this past weekend was a tremendous success! A big thanks to all of you who came out to say hi! I did a whole truckload of convention sketches and
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Site Features I’ve added a new site feature — right below this blog — so I thought it would be a good idea to do a quick rundown of all the things you can do here for any new readers.
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Baltimore Comic Con Come out and say hi to me this weekend at the Baltimore Comic Con. I’ll have VILF shirts on hand, as well as the Evil Inc Annual Report and my other graphic novels and books. My Artist’s
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There’s still hope [SuperHeroHype.com] In a recent TV Guide interview with the gorgeous and talented Charisma Carpenter: Carpenter: …I do have an interesting audition coming up soon, so I’m hopeful. TVGuide.com: Is it with Joss Whedon, and you’re holding a
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Civil Wars: Choosing Sides [CBR]Civil War is encompassing the entire Marvel Universe and the effects of the war are being felt by every hero, villain, and civilian. Civil War: Choosing Sides One-Shot features five stories that shine a spotlight on
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Lea Hernandez If you’re familiar with webcomics, you’re probably familiar with Lea Hernandez. She was the original editor of Modern Tales’ Girlamatic and co-creator of Killer Princess. Hernandez’s collaborator on Killer Princess, Gail Simone, passed along some sad news yesterday:
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Making Comics Fifty State Tour My wife and I drove almost 500 miles with our two kids to visit her family last weekend. That was about 7 hours on the road — which is a lot of time to kill
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Baltimore Comic Con I’m going to be appearing at the Baltimore Comic Convention this weekend. Be sure to stop by and say hi to me in Artist’s Alley. I’m at Table 3. [EDITED! I AM NO LONGER AT TABLE 69!]
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The VILF shirts have arrived! The VILF shirts have arrived! The VILF shirts have just landed on my doorstep and they look terrific! If all goes well, I will begin shipping orders next week! This also means that I’ll have
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On the Katie Couric indignation Just a thought about the righteous indignation you’re reading in your daily newspaper today (or more likely, on that newspaper’s Web site) from a guy who has spent more time inside a newsroom than is
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Greystone cameos There are a lot of Greystone cameos to cover for the uninitiated, so let’s get right to it. The first panel is Samantha, obviously. As for the six small panels in between the first and last panel (top
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My future co-writer My son and I were eating breakfast yesterday morning. My son informed me that I was wearing the shirt of his favorite superhero team, “The Terrific Number Four”. “Fantastic,” I corrected, “They sure are,” he nodded.

CNN Apologizes For Toilet-Talk Leak During Bush Speech CNN has apologized for accidentally transmitting 90 seconds of conversation between two women in the studio toilet while viewers watched President Bush make a live speech from New Orleans. Listeners found themselves listening
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Greystone Flashback: Trever Today’s comic features a cameo appearance by Trever, who started as an intern at Greystone Inn and worked his way up to assistant producer. What you may not know is that I considered spinning Trever off into
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Plastic Man on Cartoon Network [Ain’t It Cool News] It seems there was a Plastic Man pilot created for Cartoon Network, but it is no longer available on YouTube. A description survives, though, here. It sounds fantastic! I can only
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Greystone Flashback: Mac’s Mom Today’s comic features a cameo appearance by Mac’s Mom, from Greystone Inn. Mac’s Mom was a wonderfully malevolent creature who featured prominently in a number of key Greystone Inn storylines. Perhaps her defining moment was her
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Greystone Flashback: Mel Today’s comic features a cameo appearance by Mel, a character from Greystone Inn. Mel was a favorite of mine because he represented a fascinating age of comedy: Vaudeville. Here’s the quintessential Mel storyline. It’s a look into
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More Wonder Woman News Joss Whedon has posted an update on the Wonder Woman movie on the Whedonesque forum: And since I haven’t posted (anything real) in some time let me bring y’all up to speed. The Brothers Warner HAVE
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Bonus comic: Pluto Readers of the Philadelphia Daily News will get subjected to a triple shot of Guigar. Evil Inc on the comics page, Courting Disaster on the page with the sex-advice column and this cartoon that accompanies a story
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Evil Inc Annual Report Vol. 2 and VILF shirts I’m well into the process of putting together the second Evil Inc book, the creatively titled Evil Inc Annual Report Vol. 2. The book is going to be larger than the
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Samantha and Babysitting Villains Readers of my previous comic strip, Greystone Inn, will recognize the woman at the end of the table in today’s comic. It’s Samantha Miller, Mac’s wife, who was hired into the Evil Inc Public-Relations department. Sam’s
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